No lease has been signed for return of a cinema to Catford – seven months after Lewisham Council announced an independent operator would be taking over the site. Castle Cinema was identified as the new operator of the old Catford Mews site in February, less than three months before the council elections. But while negotiations […]
Darryl Chamberlain
Journalist and SE Londoner. Founder/editor of The Greenwich Wire (also reporter, sub-editor, features editor, membership manager, head of finance and business development manager).
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‘No ifs, no buts’: Greenwich Council will oppose Charlton data centre
Greenwich Council has said it is opposed to plans to build a data centre on the Charlton riverside, with a senior councillor branding the scheme “a nuisance” for existing and future residents. A 100,000-square metre centre, the size of 14 football pitches, is planned for land off Anchor and Hope Lane, near the Thames and […]
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Lime and Forest warned over abandoned bikes in Greenwich Foot Tunnel
Lime and Forest have been warned over the number of hire bikes abandoned by their customers in the Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport, Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, said that if they did not address the situation, it would “bring into question whether or not they are fit to operate in our borough”. […]
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Student tower and circular park set for Greenwich gasholder site
Six years after the east Greenwich gasholder was demolished, plans to build a student tower and two residential blocks on the site have been submitted to the council. The striking structure had stood on the Greenwich Peninsula for more than 130 years until it disappeared from view during the first pandemic lockdown of 2020. Now […]
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Greenwich Council’s £150 bike voucher scheme set to start next year
Greenwich Council’s scheme to issue £150 bike vouchers for residents aged 16 or under is pencilled in to start next year, the councillor in charge of the project has said. Labour had pledged to issue the vouchers, which can be used to buy bikes, scooters and safety equipment, in its manifesto for the council election […]
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Blackheath station car park declared asset of community value as housing decision looms
Campaigners trying to stop 45 homes being built on Blackheath station’s car park have had the site declared an asset of community value by Lewisham Council. Acorn Property Group wants to build a row of terraced houses and two blocks of flats, along with 40 pitches for Blackheath Farmers’ Market, which uses the car park […]
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Lewisham planners against Deptford Bridge flats – but Greenwich could support
Lewisham Council officers have recommended that an 800-home development at Deptford Bridge be refused – but their counterparts in Greenwich believe it should go ahead. Both councils’ main planning committees will meet on September 24 to decide on the complex proposal for the former Lewisham College building, which straddles the boundary between the two boroughs. […]
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Artists’ studios planned for Erith’s old town hall
Erith’s old town hall is set to become artists’ studios under plans filed with Bexley Council. Bow Arts Trust says its plans would create a “sustainable creative and community hub”. The charity, which runs studios across London including at the Lakeside Centre in Thamesmead, says its plans would help protect the 1930s building from vandalism […]
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